Sentence examples for explaining the reference from inspiring English sources

Talk story explaining the reference to "that thing with the cup" in Tom Wolfe's novel "A Man in Full".

The grating hallmark of his prose is an almost self-parodic knowingness: he will make allusions without explaining the reference and allude to events without describing what happened.

"Let us cherish the repeated opportunities that Master, through tremendous sacrifice, has created for us to advance towards consummation!" Mr. Li's writings do not explain the reference to "consummation," but the message suggested that it referred to a transcendent event of the sort promised by many religions, old and new.

You explain the reference to bowling, incidentally?

This also explains the reference to anti-racist organisations marching alongside Hizb ut-Tahrir.

She said she could not explain the reference in the book.

Mr. Bush made reference to the initials "E.I.T.C.," prompting a request from Mr. Lehrer that he explain the reference.

A prosecutor, David Raskin, asked him to explain the reference to the $250,000.

(He had to explain the reference to the barnstorming teams — featuring bearded and long-haired players — that were formed by a Christian sect that looked back to ancient Israel; his jibe about the Smith Brothers, of the cough drops, I got).

On a recent afternoon, the bearded bartender explained the reference: a legendary scheme cultivated by the mischievous showman P. T. Barnum, who, in 1869, claimed that he had "discovered" a huge, fossilized man upstate, in Cardiff.

On the shop wall someone has put up a sign that says, "We pay VAT", and Todd explains the reference to an obscure loophole that allows wily online retailers such as Amazon to undercut competitors by importing goods through Jersey and Guernsey.